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United States
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Not a proof. MS63 imho.
IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.com |
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Not a proof but a very nice 63/64 unc coin.
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Bedrock of the Community
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even with the lighting I think the coin had a light dip at some point. I dont think there is enough there for a 64 grade so I'm at MS63. i would not solicit any assessments in the future from the person that told you it was a proof. it can take a while to get your settings and find the best environment to take photos. once thing you do want to avoid is overhead lighting as it creates glare and obscures the surfaces. there is an entire forum focused on photography if you are interested in taking better photos https://goccf.com/f/81 |
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Many years ago, this one might have been in circulation for a little while. It does not have that eye-popping appeal to me; although it's that bad a coin, I'm at MS63.
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Not a Proof. It's a Business Strike. For the grade, I agree with MS-63.
Errers and Varietys.
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@Kacinicole17:  , not a proof, slightly circulated. MS62/63. Edited by Sharks
08/23/2026 1:08 pm
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Not a proof.
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How do you guys know whether it is or not? Or what in particular you are looking at first to see if it's one? I haven't had experience with proof coins or made it that far in my learning so to speak.
Thank you all for your thoughts though.
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For some reason it doesn't show up well in photos, can see a little of it in some I took but not how it looks in person, but it has a yellowing around the letters all around the outer part of coin on front and it really looks neat. I've seen many dif colorings of coins but never one like this goes. In my opinion, I think they should add value for uniqueness they get with age instead of wanting it to look new.
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How do you guys know whether it is or not? Proofs are struck on highly polished planchets and dies, The process produces a mirror&-like field and frosted devices. Devices are heavily frosted, with sharp, crisp outlines and rims are square and sharp. even with poor photos the fields on your coin is not exhibiting any of these markers.  |
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I agree with the assessments.
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Kacinicole17. I wanted to add to my proof comment that there are proofs found in circulation. they are considered impaired.
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Posted 08/23/2026 03:27 am
